[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11729-11730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03127]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 70

RIN 2900-AM02


Beneficiary Travel and Special Mode Transportation Under 38 
U.S.C. 111 Within the United States

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: This final rule corrects the approved Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) Control Number relating to collection of information under 
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations that govern 
beneficiary travel.

DATES: This final rule is effective February 15, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ethan Kalett, Office of Regulations, 
Appeals, and Policy, Veterans Health Administration, Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 
461-7633. This is not a toll free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a document published in the Federal 
Register on June 30, 2008, VA amended the beneficiary travel 
regulations that provide a mechanism for payment of travel expenses 
within the United States under 38 U.S.C. 111 to help veterans and other 
persons obtain care and services from VA's Veterans Health 
Administration. See 73 FR 36796. There is an information collection 
requirement in 38 CFR 70.20. Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a), an agency may not 
collect or sponsor the collection of information, nor may it impose an 
information collection requirement, unless it displays a currently 
valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. See also 5 
CFR 1320.8(b)(3)(vi).

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    As required by 44 U.S.C. 3507(d), VA submitted this information 
collection to OMB for its review. OMB approved the information 
collection requirement associated with the final rules and assigned OMB 
control number 2900-0080. However, Sec.  70.20 contains an inaccurate 
OMB control number of 2900-0080. The correct OMB control number should 
be 2900-0798. This final rule updates Sec.  70.20 by substituting the 
correct and approved OMB control number.

Signing Authority

    Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved and signed 
this document on February 9, 2024, and authorized the undersigned to 
sign and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for 
publication electronically as an official document of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs.

Michael P. Shores,
Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of General 
Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 70

    Administrative practice and procedure, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholism, 
Claims, Day care, Dental health, Drug abuse, Foreign relations, 
Government contracts, Grant programs--health, Grant programs--veterans, 
Health care, Health facilities, Health professions, Health records, 
Homeless, Medical and dental schools, Medical devices, Medical 
research, Mental health programs, Nursing homes, Philippines, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements, Scholarships and fellowships, Travel 
and transportation expenses, Veterans.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs amends 38 CFR part 70 as follows:

PART 70--VETERANS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS

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1. The authority citation for part 70 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  38 U.S.C. 101, 111, 111A, 501, 1701, 1714, 1720, 
1728, 1782, 1783, and E.O. 11302, 31 FR 11741, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 
Comp., p. 578, unless otherwise noted.


Sec.  70.20  [Amended]

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2. Amend Sec.  70.20 by removing ``(The Office of Management and Budget 
has approved the information collection requirements in this section 
under control number 2900-0080.)'' at the end of the section and adding 
in its place ``(The Office of Management and Budget has approved the 
information collection requirement in this section under control number 
2900-0798.)''.

[FR Doc. 2024-03127 Filed 2-14-24; 8:45 am]
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